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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 1. This Act is applicable to all personal property of which possession is transferred to a police department or other law enforcement agency of the State or a county, city, village or incorporated town, under circumstances supporting a reasonable belief that such property was abandoned, lost or stolen or otherwise illegally possessed, except property seized during a search, and retained and ultimately returned, destroyed or otherwise disposed of pursuant to order of a court in accordance with Section 108-11, 108-12 or 114-12 of the “Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963” 1 or other law hereafter applicable to property thus retained, and except property of which custody and disposition is prescribed by Article II of Chapter 4 of The Illinois Vehicle Code. 2
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 765. Property § 1030/1. Application of Act - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-765-property/il-st-sect-765-1030-1/
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